Railroad mileage-ticket



(No Model.)

M. Y. CAMPBELL. RAILROAD MILEAGE TICKET.

Patent-ed Jan. 2 7, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

MALCOLM Y. CAMPBELL, OF MILWAUKEE, IVISCONSIN.

RAl LROAD M lLEAG E-TICKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,368, dated January2'7, 1891.

Application filed August 3, 1888. Serial No. 281,845. (No model!) To allwhom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, MALooLM'Y. CAMPBELL, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Railroad Mileage-Tickets; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to railroad mileagetiekets; and itconsists incertain peculiarities of construction, as will be fullyset forthhereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device open,showing the front side of the operative portions; and Fig. 2 is a likeview from the rear.

The ticket case or cover is made preferably from a single strip ofstiffpapersuch as fine Manila or stencil-board paper-starting from theend a to the pointb, and then bent back half the length, forming thesection 0, pasted down upon the said half, and thence brought up fromthe center to the point d, (the section c thus formed being preferably atrifie less in length than the half of the portion from a to b, whichportion forms the covers A B,) and then the paper is brought down to thecenter, forming the section f, (the two center sections 0 f being pastedtogether, if desired,) and from this point the paper is brought out in aleaf or section g of about half the width of the stripof paper, with astraight inner edge 71 as shown, and a loose section i of the paper ofthe same width, preferably, as the leaf g, but less length, is securedby means of an elastic band or cord 7o to some portion of the case orcover, as shown, so that the said piece 1. (which is preferably reenforced at its top end by a metal strip j) may be drawn bodily awayfrom the center of the case or cover and automatically returned to placewhen released.

The ticket is made in a continuous strip 0 D, with a centrallongitudinal row of perforations or indentations m, and the portion D onthe right of this row is the ticket proper, While the left-hand portion0 represents a duplicate check or voucher, and While both parts aremarked identically with lines representing miles and appropriatelynumbered, only the right-hand portion is to be removed,

the conductor or collector marking on said left-hand portion the numberof miles torn from the right-hand port-ion, together with any otherrequired data, such as his name or initials, or the name of his roadordivision, date, &c.. so that when the righthand portion of the ticketis finally used up the remaining left-hand portion will give a completerecord of the ticket used.

When ready for use, the entire ticket-strip is folded on the right-handor front side of the center of the case, (on the section f,) thesections cfcomprising such center being preferably notched, as shown atn n, and held to place by the rubber bands 0 0, and as fast as themileage-pieces are removed from the right-hand side the remainingleft-hand strip 0 is folded over on the back of the said cen ter piece,(on the section 8,) beneath the rubber bands, as shown in Fig. 2.

To facilitate the separation of the said mileage portions I utilize thepreviouslynamed parts g and '6. The part g is laid back against theportion 0 of the ticket-strip, just covering it, and while it is heldthere With one hand a short pull on the part D will separate the twosections of Lhe'said ticket-strip along the row of perforations orindentations m the requisite distance, and then the righthand portion Dis pulled up as many miles as necessary, and the right-hand piece 2' isdrawn up from the center till its straight upper edge is just on a linewith the last mile to be torn out of the said portion l) of the ticketand held firmly in place while the said right-hand portion is tornacross and off against said edge and the requisite entry made on thecorresponding left-hand portion G, as before described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A continuous railroad mileage ticket case consisting of a singlestrip of suitable paper bent back upon itself to the center and thenbent up and doubled to form the support for the ticket proper, andthence extended outward in a section of reduced width intermediatebetween the central ticketsupport and the front cover portion.

2. In a railroad mileage-ticket, the combiedge.

nation, with the casing, of a loose strip of less width and length thanthe casing and independent thereof, and having an upper straight edgeand secured to said casing by an elastic band or cord.

3. In a'i'ailroad mileage-ticket, the combination, with the casing, of alongitudinallyperforated continuous ticket and a central ticket-support,and a leaf of reduced Width secured thereto and having a straight side4. In a railroad mileage-ticket, the combination, with the casing, of alongitudinallyperforated continuous ticket and a central ticket-support,a leaf of reduced width secured thereto and having a straight side edge,and a loose strip having an upper straight edge secured to said casingby an elastic band or cord.

5. In a railroad mileage-ticket, the combination, with the casing, of acentral ticket support, a continuous ticket-strip divided by a centrallongitudinal row of perforations or indentations folded and held to saidcentral support by rubber hands, a leaf of reduced width with a straightside edge secured to said casing a loose strip vith an upper straightedge, and an elastic band or cord connecting said loose strip and thecasing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Visconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

MALCOLM Y. CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

H. G. UNDERWOOD, WILLIAM KLUG.

